Gopinath Munde is dead

Senior BJP leader and Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died following a road accident while he was on way to Delhi airport to attend his public felicitation in his native Beed district which was scheduled this evening.A pall of gloom descended  in Beed district of Marathwada region from where Munde was elected.People came onto the streets in small groups as news of the accident spread.

PM Narendra Modi pays respects to late Gopinath Munde pic.twitter.com/sKKodQCQ9l
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 3, 2014

A wreath from former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in tribute of late Gopinath Munde pic.twitter.com/RXFcwMAiMi
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 3, 2014

President Pranab Mukherjee condoles death of Union Minister Gopinath Munde.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 3, 2014